Um. His dictatorship is not over... his favorite son will now be taking over.

true, but given the protests worldwide, any rebellion groups in north korea may use this as their opportunity to try to over throw the regime. The ensuing chaos of the transition, coupled with kim Jong un being in his twenties will give rebels the best chance possible to enact rapid, radial change.

Wow, it seems it's been a bad year for crazy dictators. I wonder if any others will kick it before 2012.

It really is amazing that so many of these cants are being overthrown and/or killed in the same year. Even more incredible is that regular, working, pissed off people were directly responsible. 2012 has a lot to live up to (although the end of the Earth will easily top it).

true, but given the protests worldwide, any rebellion groups in north korea may use this as their opportunity to try to over throw the regime. The ensuing chaos of the transition, coupled with kim Jong un being in his twenties will give rebels the
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true, but given the protests worldwide, any rebellion groups in north korea may use this as their opportunity to try to over throw the regime. The ensuing chaos of the transition, coupled with kim Jong un being in his twenties will give rebels the best chance possible to enact rapid, radial change.

true, but given the protests worldwide, any rebellion groups in north korea may use this as their opportunity to try to over throw the regime. The ensuing chaos of the transition, coupled with kim Jong un being in his twenties will give rebels the
...

true, but given the protests worldwide, any rebellion groups in north korea may use this as their opportunity to try to over throw the regime. The ensuing chaos of the transition, coupled with kim Jong un being in his twenties will give rebels the best chance possible to enact rapid, radial change.

Let's hope this will be the best turnout! But even though he's only in his twenties, his nutcase father has been training him for years to take over.